Alag Karo Har Din Teen Bin Initiative in line with CCIPLs strategic focus on recycling and evincing good models on Waste Management, particularly PET, a three-year project was launched in Gurugram City in partnership with GIZ, Tetra Pak and the NGO Saahas. The project titled Alag Karo Har Din teen Bin, provides insights into how environmental awareness on waste segregation and handling, waste management and recycling can be strategized in partnership with local governments, business establishments, citizens and civil society. Additionally, the segregation and collection of waste at source in Gurugram is enhanced. The project was initiated in the month of January 2017 and has the following outcomes;

• 9,000 households in 60 selected RWAs segregate waste at source;
• At least 500 waste pickers in Gurugram city are equipped to handle the segregated waste;
• Engagement with 50 schools on environmental awareness and waste management;
• Engagement with 50 Commercial Establishments on Waste Segregation and recycling;
• 50-75 tons per day of waste prevented from being dumped in landfills or being burnt in open
• 1,50,000 people reached through public awareness campaigns

The project consists of 5 components:

• Component 1: Enhanced awareness of RWAs and other points of consumption on source segregation
• Component 2: Implementation of Source Segregation in RWAs and other points of consumption
• Component 3: Strengthened capacities of waste pickers for handling segregated packaging waste and improve recovery
• Component 4: Municipal decision makers are enabled to make decisions on the basis of policy recommendations on source segregation & resource recovery
• Component 5: A guiding Steering structure will be established for monitoring and evaluation and capture learnings from this project.